For persons suffering from high blood cholesterol, the physicians recommend
pure ‘desi ghee’ or butter
vegetable oil such as groundnut oil
red meat with layers of fats
vanaspati margarine
Which one of the following is a matching pair of a vitamin and the deficiency disease related with it?
Riboflavin – beriberi
Thiamine – xerophthalmia
Niacin – Pellagra
Calciferol – scurvy
Which one of the following is a matching pair of a substrate and its particular digestive enzyme?
Starch – maltase
Lactose - rennin
Maltose – steapsin
Casein – chymotrypsin
A person had to undergo a surgery in which a major portion of his pancreas was removed. Which of the following food constituents will be find especially difficult to digest?
Starch
Proteins
Fats
Lactose sugar
Which one of the following vitamins can be synthesized by bacteria inside the gut?
B1
C
D
K
The layer of cells that secrete enamel of tooth is
Ameloblast
Osteoblast
Odontoblast
Dentoblast
One of the factors required fro the maturation of erythrocytes is
Vitamin A
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
The hormone that stimulates the stomach to secrete gastric juice is
Enterogastrone
Enterokinase
Rennin
Gastrin
The contraction of gall bladder is due t o
Gastrin
Cholecystokinin
Secretin
Enterogastrone
Which one of the following is a protein deficiency disease?
Night blindness
Eczema
Kwashiorkor
Cirrhosis
The daily dietary requirement of a moderately active adult individual is approximately
8,000 k cal
4.000 k cal
1,000 k cal
2,500 k cal
Secretion and cholecystokinin are two hormones involved in digestion. They are secreted by
Duodenum
Ileum
Oesophagus
Stomach
Which one of the following pairs is mismatched?
Vitamin C – Scurvy
Vitamin D – Rickets
Vitamin K – Beri Beri
Vitamin A – Xerophthalmia
Nutrients absorbed by the blood capillaries of intestinal villi first go into
liver through hepatic portal vein
hepatic artery
aorta
posterior vena cava
The food having fully undergone mechanical and chemical digestion inside the stomach, is called
Chyle
Bolus
Amino acid
Chyme